–Here’s the story of a guy that deposits a fake check from a scam company–and comes out $95093.35 better. [via grs]
—Photos from a tornado chaser. Supercells, lightning, twisters, even aurora borealis. It’s all there.

—Scientific American weighs in on expertise and experts. It’s not all genetics:

The preponderance of psychological evidence indicates that experts are made, not born. What is more, the demonstrated ability to turn a child quickly into an expert–in chess, music and a host of other subjects–sets a clear challenge before the schools. Can educators find ways to encourage students to engage in [that] kind of effortful study…?

–And the New Yorker reflects on the arguments about that massive project of non-experts [micro-experts?], Wikipedia.